Follow-up pressure fluid servomotor



Aug 31 1948- E. A. RocKwELL FOLLOW-UP PRESSURE FLUID SERVOMOTOR 3 Sheets-Sheet l Filed June 4, 1943 INVENTOR bnf/Po A. '90ern/fu.

l. i w N N lll lli m (A1/n@ ATTORN Aug. 31, 1948. E. A. RocKwELL FOLLOW-UP PRESSURE FLUID SERVOMOTOR 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 4, 1943 Aug. 3l, 1948. E. A. RocKwELL FOLLOW-UP PRESSURE FLUID SERVOMOTOR 3 Sheets-Sheet I5 Filed June 4. 1943 5. A M d o T M We. 4 f f 9 l u m a mm 0 w 6 4.).. 1 f l f ATT NEY Patented Aug. 31,.:11948 FOLLOW-UP PRESSURE FLUID SERVOMOTOR Edward A. Rockwell, Cleveland, O hio y Application June 4, 1943, serial No. 489,713

. My invention relates particularly to mechanism for operating locomotive reverseV gears or other parts to be moved of any desired character.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved type of valve mechanism in connection with locomotive reverse gears or other parts to be moved, operable by means of fluid pressures.,

Another object is to provide a new type of quickacting modulator valve in connection with locomotive reverse gears, etc. Again, another object is to provide a valve mechanism for this purpose which saves compressed air or steam. Further objects of my invention will appear froml the detailed description of the same hereinafter.

As to the valve structure, this isa construction in part of my copending application Ser. No. 397,896, iiledJune 13, 1941, upon Travel control actuating apparatus, now Patent No. 2,372,014;

While my invention is capable of embodiment in many different forms, for the purpose of illustration I have shown only one form thereof in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a diagram of a locomotive reverse gear mechanism made in accordance with Amy invention; I. Y

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a end elevation thereof; I

Fig. 4 is va horizontal section showing the details of the modulator valve therein; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical section o'f the liquid compensator valve therein. I

In the drawings, I have shown a manually operable link I connected by a pivot 2 to a rocker lever 3 located on a iixed pivotV 4. Therocker lever 3 has arms 5 and Shaving pivotal connections 'I and 8, respectively, to piston rods 9 and I8, which are connected to pistons VII Vand I2 in vmaster cylinders I3 and I4, respectively;r4 The piston rods 9 and'lII carryingthereon, respectively, valve operating arms I5 and I8 which have adjustable valve operating rods therein Il and I8 for operating liquid compensator Valves I9 and 20.

As the master cylinders I3 and I4 and liquid compensator valves I9 and 28 are constructed exactly the same I shall describe in detail only the master cylinder I4 and the attached compensator valve. The master cylinder I4 has at the upper portion thereof a rubberboot 2| around the piston rod I0 and is connected at its lower end to a screw cap 2Ia on the top of a master cylinder casing 22, to the lower end of which there is attached a screw cap 23 having a vent opening 24.` The said cap23, furthermore, is screw-threaded' to a rod 25 having an eye 26 for attachment of the same to any desired type of support. Above the.

1 Claim. (Cl. 121-41) piston I2 there is an outlet opening 21 into which there is screw-threaded an apertured member 28 having a longitudinal passageway 29 and transverse openings 38. Around the apertured member 28 there is located a member 3| having a vertical passageway 3Ia, said member 3| being screw-threaded to a valve casing 32 and provided with a coil spring 33 seated at its lower end against a shoulder 34 in the member 3|. At its upper end the spring 33 bears against the underside of a valve member 35 having a rubber valve ring36 therein, said valve members 35 having a reduced extension 3l to permit the passage into the valve casing 32 of hydraulic liquid or oil under pressure from ya tting 38 connected to a pipe 39 for supplying the said liquid under any desired pressure. Said valve member 35 also has a valve rod 40.which extends upwardly in the casing 32 through a rubber seal 4I held in place by a washer 42 and a screw cap 43 having the usual packing ring 44. The valve rod 40 is adapted to be moved downwardly when contacted by the adjustable rod I8 at the end of the manual strike. When seated the valve ring 36 seats against a shoulder 45 within the valve casing 3,2. Furthermore, the apertured member 28, at its outer end, carries a lock nut 46 and a screw-threaded end 41 to which there it attached a coupling 48 for connection to a llexible pipe 49 which leads to a tting 58 on a supporting bracket 5I having holes 52 for attachment to any suitable fixed support. The bracket 5I has a passageway 53 and a tting 54 for connecting it to a pipe 55 which conveys the liquid from the master cylinder 22. The said pipe 55, `at its other end, is connected to a con` nection block 56, which is provided with a passageway 5l connected to the pipe 55, as Well as to a. pipe 58, for controlling the delivery of compressed air or steam and to a'pipe 59 for coordinating the travel of the manual operating link I with the locomotive reverse gear, as here-I inafter described. The pipe 58 communicates with a plunger chamber 60, shown in Fig. 4, having an air bleeder screw 6I, upon the removal of which the accumulated air can be allowed to escape. The chamber 6U is provided with a valve plunger 62 operating in the chamber 60 having a rubber seal 63 supported on a headed screw 64 attached to the plunger 62. Said plunger 62 is carried by a cap 65 attached by screws 66 to a valve easing 6T. The plunger 62, furthermore, has a head 68 provided with a flat valve seat 69 located in an annular chamber 10 communicating with an air exhaust port 1I. The said head 68, furthermore, cooperates with a valve element 12 on a valve member 13 having on its end a stem 14 provided with 1a nut 15 which is adjacent to a. washer 16 and a seal 11 seating on a plunger sleeve 18, which slides in the casing 61, having a seal 19 on the valve member 13 adjacent to a flange 80 on the end of said valve member 13. The seal 1'1 sheals the plunger sleeve 18 within a cap 8| connectedbyscrews 82 tothe valve .casing 61. Within the said cap 8| there is'a chamber- 83 carrying a coil spring 84 for normally forcing the valve member 13 towards the left, as shown.-

in Fig. 1,'and a vent 85 is located in the cap 8| communicating with the outer air.

Compressed air or steam is admitted from any suitable supply pipe 86 to a passageways81 in the connection block 56 so as to supply 'the same through a pipe 88 to an inlet por-t.llinthe-valve casing 61 as well as to a pipe 90 leading toa second modulating valve 9| constructed'in theV same manner as the modulating valve connected to-'the pipe 88. The compressed air enteringA the port`89is'-y received in--an` annular chamber 92 inl the periphery of the plunger' sleeve 13 and adjacent to this. chamber 92 the plunger sleeve 13 has a conicalr valve 93' adapted tof seat onva.- valve seat' 94 on the interior ofthevalve casing 61.- When the valve 93;` 94 is un'seated-by pressure from the plunger 62 the compressed .air-enters the annular chamber 92 and-passes through ports 90 in the plunger sleeve 18whence1it is delivered byf an outlet port 91 to a passageway 98 in an'air cylinder 99'to which the valve casing 6131s .attached `by lscrews |00.`

The'fexhaustfair, which alsopasses through the passageway 90. in the reverse direction when the =valve G9, 12'is open,` is released bypassing through'f'ports |0| into-acentral' chamber. |02, thence to the chamber 10 and'nally to the exhaust .port'r 1| The air cylinder- '99. is closed' at' .one-end by a cylinder head |03. Also, said cylinderihas-a piston. |04 attached to a pistonv rody |05which passes out through an` annular cylindershead: |98:- It willi be noted that this endof the cylinder `isalso provided with-a compressed-airpassagewayy |01 leading to the modulatoryalve-'S'l in the same way as-previously described'. in regard Ato the -passageway f 98A for' supplying. the compressed air to and exhausting the same from thepassageway |01; with the 'aid` of thezmod'ulator va1ve19l", asA it is provided'with a hydraulic controll pipe V|08 like the* control pipe 55;* The said pipe |08 communicates with a passageway |99 which is connectedto a travelxcontrolpipe i and to a pipe |r| whichis connected:

tofthe 4compensator valve |9 like'the compensator valve 20,s'aid*valvehaving1a pipe ||3 leadingto arsource of liquid'uncler .pressure and which may beethe same source to whichthefpipe 39 isconnected; The said liquid compensator valve is connectedby an inlet port: |4 to the mastercylinder.

Aswillbe'seen in Fig. 2, the pistonirod |05-'is pivotally-l connected to a reach rod .which inturmis'connected to a'fbell crank lever ||6 'on a fixedv pivot 1 which in turnis pivotally connected'to a lifting link IIB carrying a radius rod H9 which 'cooperates .with-the reverse lever of any .desired reverse gear mechanism of' a locomoti-ve,v as-.for example any of--those shown in Marks, Mechanical Engineers Handbook, first edition, 1916, pages 975 `to 977, published by Mc- Graw-Hill BookCompa-ny, Inc., New York. Attached vto the -piston rod |05, bymeans of ascrew l20,there is` provided an arm |2| pivotally connectedeto axlink |22; which' inz'turn ispivotally vthrough a rubberboot |33 attached to a screw head |33a on the cylinder |3|. Said cylinder 3k; furthermore, has a screw cap |34, provided witha vent opening |35, which is screw-threaded to awoke |36 having a pivotal connection |31 to a bracket screw |38, provided with a nut |39, located onfaflange |40 on the bracket 25.

In the operation of the locomotive reverse gear mechanism, in driving the locomotive forwardly the link will be moved-from its middle position, when-the locomotive'is at restto'the left,` in'- Fig.

1, whereupon. the master cylinder piston I2 .willv be movedl'upwardly, forcing the liquid. throughf the pipe-49 intothe'passageway 51 andpipe 58 tothe `plunger chamber lill.v The plunger. valve 69, 12.will then be closed, after which the valve member 13unseats the valve I93, 94, thus admit'-v ting-.c'ompressed .air-fromthe port 89 intofthechamber landthence throughthe port- 911into the passageway 98 to theleft end of the air cylinder'99-againstthe lef-t face of the piston: |04.j Simultaneously this will result in the release off air pressure throughthe passageway |01. from the other endfoi the air .cylinder 99,`which willpass out through the vent .opening :1| inthe end 'of th'ezvalve casingf9|1r IUE-will be movedfto the right," thus moving the radiuszrodl |9-tocontrol the position of theireverse gear mechanism'. of the locomotive so .as to drivefthe llatter forwardly. A-t the same time, owing to the .presence *of the passageway 51,-' the piston |30 willbe movedby the lever "|23 .connect'edltothepistonfrod |05so'as to'be coordinate the travelfof'fthemanually movable. link with the piston |04 and therefore the radius' rod IIS. Thus;as'the-manual-meansl is moved to the left this will produce asmovement of the piston |04fto'thefrightrandyowing to the lever |23. connected to the :piston rodj.|05,'the.piston |30-will.'

be moved l Ato fthe right, -thus increasing the *volume in the chamber at the leftv of the piston-:|30-

and coordinating Athemovement of the piston |30Lwith `the piston |2.` Inthedriving of the locomotive `in the rearward direction the manualv link I is movedfinrthe opposite direction, that isto-sayr-to'ithe right, thereby `moving the pistonI upwardly `in 'the masterfcylinder.: |3 ..and'..de livering'the liquidrunder manual pressure by the pipe to .ithe modulating valve .casingrllhthusy delivering compressed al1-'by the vpassageway .|01 to the: rightfrend of the 'air cylinder 99 while simultaneously releasing: the air vpressure rby the passageway '98 at the leftv end .of the Aair cylinder 99 throughithe valve casing. 61. InV this instance the travel -controlcylinder |3| willbe operative tocoordinate the .movement of` the .piston 05 and:

the 'radius rod 9 withwthe pistonv |-Ifand the manual link I-connected thereto in the samej manner'as just described in `connection with the cylinder |32. ,Inthe end position of the movement of the piston inthe master cylinder;|3; the adjustable rod `|8 will contact with 'the'valve rod 40t`o-open'th'e valve-'45 so asto'equalize the liquid-betweenfthe'inlet pipea39 andthe delivery4 pipe 149-;so as ztof'bringthe parts' into=phase con.-

Accordingly, the pis-tonrrod-i nected thereto. Likewise, in the forward drive of the locomotive, in the end position, the adjustable rod I1 will contact with the valve rod in the compensator valve i9 to bring about the liquid compensation and phasing between the pipes Ii l and H3.

While I have described my invention above in detail I wish it to be understood that many changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the same.

I claim:

In combination, a linkage suitable for operating a locomotive reverse gear, a compressed air motor, having a cylinder with a piston therein, for operating the same, and a hydraulic controlling means for the motor comprising master cylinders and modulating valves, each of said valves having a hydraulic actuating means for controlling the supply and exhaust of compressed air to said motor, said motor having hydraulic travel control cylinders and plungers operated by the motor, each master cylinder being connected to one of said actuating means to actuate said valves to operate the latter and to a travel control cylinder and plunger for movement of the master cylinder piston with the plunger, said motor having connected to each end of the cylinder thereof on opposite sides of the motor piston, for the operation of the motor piston in opposite directions, one of the said modulator valves and each one of said modulator valves having one of said hydraulic travel control cylinders and plungers connected thereto, each of said modulator valves having one of said master cylinders for operating the same, said master cylinders being provided with pistons in the master cylinders connected together by a manually operable lever for operating the master cylinders inversely with regard to each other so as to produce hydraulically a coordinate travel of the master cylinder pistons and the motor piston, said controlling means also having a connection block connected to a compressed air supply and therefrom to each of said modulator valves as well as being connected to each of said master cylinders and therefrom to each of said modulator valves as well as to each of the travel control cylinders and plungers,

EDWARD A. ROCKWELL.

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